Improvement in dies for forging hoe-plates



Dies for' Forging Hoe-Plates.

` N0. 135,672, Patented March11,1'-873v.

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LOVELL T. RICHARDSON, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN mss FCR l-'orzrsnna HOE-PLATES'.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 136,672, dated March 11,1873.

To all whom t may concern a Beit known that I, LovELI. T. RICHARDSON, ofAuburn, in theeounty of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Dies for lPlating Planters Hoes, of whichthe followin g is a specification:

This invention relates to dies which are used in steam, water, or otherpower hammers for plating planters hoes from the blanks before they arerolled ont and consists in the construction and arrangement of the diesby means of which the operation of plating is greatly facilitated. lItalso consists in the plate prepared thereby.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a vertical section ofthe two dies taken on the line x a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side View.Fig. 3 is a face View of the upper or hammer die. I Fig. 4 is a faceView of the lower or bed die. Fig. 5 represents the blank from which thehoe is made. Fig. Gis a plate which has been operated upon by t-he diesand f made ready for the rollers.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the hammer-head to which the upper die is secured by means of thekey B. C is the block or bed in which the lower die is secured by thekey D. E is the upper die, and F is vthe lower die.

as gage-dies, but differ in their construc` tion from any gage-dies inuse.

The operation of plating hoes is greatly facilitated, and much valuabletime is saved by their use.

J is a plate prepared by these dies. K is the rib form-ed on the face ofthe plate.

Having thus described my invention, I-

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The dies E and F,constructed and arranged, substantially as shown and described, forplating planters hoes as specified.

LOVELL T. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses E. D. JACKSON, F. W. RICHARDSON.

The face of the lower die, from the point Gr,

